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A Christmas Carol
(PG)
2009
Disney's A Christmas carol, a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a ground-breaking, performance-capture 3D motion picture event. Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.

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2009
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When Arthur Morrison was diagnosed with terminal cancer he had only a few weeks left to live. Morrison travelled to Yorkshire to stay with his mother in the village where he grew up. He visited his father at the hospital where he had spent so much time with his own patients as a GP. As his father's condition worsened Morrison contemplated their shared experiences, the intimacies and the irritations of their relationship. After his father's death Morrison questions the nature of the bond between them, articulately expressing the contradictions, frustrations, love and loss bound into the complicated relationships which most of us have with our parents as we grow up.

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A Single Man
(M)
2009
Torn apart by the shattering impact of the death of his long-time lover, college professor George Falconer (Colin Firth) experiences the most transformational day of his life, blending past and present, desire and despair, and discovering that love persists even after the object of love is gone. Set in a sun-drenched 1960s California coastal canyon, featuring revealing performances by Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode, A single man marks the breakthrough directorial début of internationally influential American fashion icon Tom Ford. Targeting indelible images of love, loss and rebirth, the film is a personal testament, filled with deep emotional resonance.

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Torn apart by the shattering impact of the death of his long-time lover, college professor George Falconer (Colin Firth) experiences the most transformational day of his life, blending past and present, desire and despair, and discovering that love persists even after the object of love is gone. Set in a sun-drenched 1960s California coastal canyon, featuring revealing performances by Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode, A single man marks the breakthrough directorial début of internationally influential American fashion icon Tom Ford. Targeting indelible images of love, loss and rebirth, the film is a personal testament, filled with deep emotional resonance.

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Dorian Gray
(MA15+)
2009
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

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Dorian Gray (Blu-ray)
(MA15+)
2009
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

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Genova
(M)
2009
The happy existence of Joe (Colin Firth) and his young family is turned upside down in an instant when a horrific car accident takes the life of his wife. In search of a fresh start, Joe decides to leave behind his home in the United States - which holds too many memories of a once-happy family - and relocate himself and his two young daughters to the exotic town of Genova, Italy. But contrary to the new beginnings he had hoped to find, it appears that the thick fog of grief hanging over their household continues to afflict them all.

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Based on the Nurse Matilda series of books by Christianna Brand, this dark and witty fable stars Emma Thompson as a person of unsettling appearance and magical powers who enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. The children have managed to drive away 17 previous nannies but as Nanny McPhee takes control, they begin to notice that their vile behaviour now leads swiftly and magically to rather startling consequences.

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Dr Emma Lloyd (Uma Thurman) is a popular New York radio DJ whose sensible, practical love advice is listened to and loved by women everywhere. Off-air, her own life is equally successful with wedding plans to dependable fiance Richard (Colin Firth) running smoothly, until she discovers that shes already married to someone else! With her life turned upside down, Emma frantically tracks down her mystery husband, firefighter Patrick Sullivan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) to annul the marriage. However, as the two spend more time with each other, she soon discovers that following her own advice might not be as easy as she thought!

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The characters are falling in love, falling out of love, some are with right people, some are with the wrong people, some are looking to have an affair, some are in the period of mourning; a capsule summary of reality. Love begins and love ends. They flirt a lot. They are all flirting with love. At all ages and social levels, love is the theme. Romantic love and brotherly love is the hotchpotch through out the movie. Most of the movie is filmed in London, during Christmas and the characters all ended up at Heathrow airport a very uplifting note.

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From the makers of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill comes the screen adaptation of Helen Fielding`s international best seller starring Golden Globe winner Renee Zellweger (from Nurse Betty and Jerry Maguire) in the title role as the dynamic, irrepressible and outrageously original Bridget Jones.32-year-old Bridget smokes too much, drinks too much and has a tendency to say whatever`s on her mind. As a New Year`s resolution she decides it`s time to take control of her life - and starts keeping a diary.
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Easy Virtue
(M)
2009
From Stephan Elliot, director of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, comes this witty new comedy from the poison pen of Noel Coward and starring the delightful Jessica Biel. Set during the Roaring Twenties, John Whittaker (Ben Barnes), a young Englishman, falls madly in love with a sexy and glamorous American, Larita (Jessica Biel), and they impetuously get married in the South of France. However, when the couple arrive at the stately family home in the English countryside, things start to unravel.

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From Stephan Elliot, director of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, comes this witty new comedy from the poison pen of Noel Coward and starring the delightful Jessica Biel. Set during the Roaring Twenties, John Whittaker (Ben Barnes), a young Englishman, falls madly in love with a sexy and glamorous American, Larita (Jessica Biel), and they impetuously get married in the South of France. However, when the couple arrive at the stately family home in the English countryside, things start to unravel.

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Starring Colin Firth & Attracting an incredible 10.5 million viewers in the UK. 1982 After Argentinean troops take control of the Falkland Islands, the British task force set sail. Four months later, Robert Lawrence, a young officer is recuperating from a near fatal wound in battle for Tumbledown. Back home discovers a nation honouring the heroes with memorial services and victory parades, is less keen to face the living victims.
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When Arthur Morrison was diagnosed with terminal cancer he had only a few weeks left to live. Morrison travelled to Yorkshire to stay with his mother in the village where he grew up. He visited his father at the hospital where he had spent so much time with his own patients as a GP. As his father's condition worsened Morrison contemplated their shared experiences, the intimacies and the irritations of their relationship. After his father's death Morrison questions the nature of the bond between them, articulately expressing the contradictions, frustrations, love and loss bound into the complicated relationships which most of us have with our parents as we grow up.

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An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Meryl Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends - practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski) - from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own. On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Dona's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new...

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Mamma Mia
(PG)
2008
An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Meryl Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends - practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski) - from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own. On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Dona's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new...

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Ruth Rendells mysteries have delighted both readers and audiences around the world. This superb collection features three intriguing mysteries. Episodes: Master of the Moor, Vanity Dies Hard, A Case of Coincidence.
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Ruth Rendells mysteries have delighted both readers and audiences around the world. This superb collection features three intriguing mysteries. Episodes: Master of the Moor, Vanity Dies Hard, A Case of Coincidence.
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Ruth Rendells mysteries have delighted both readers and audiences around the world. This superb collection features three intriguing mysteries. Episodes: Master of the Moor, Vanity Dies Hard, A Case of Coincidence.

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